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... whilst I walked up a somewhat miry pathway towards the house , called " Peak House ; " being her home , and that of my uncle Jonathan , and his son Philip .- " Yes , and rub them too , " she added , as I endeavoured to step over a huge ...
... whilst I walked up a somewhat miry pathway towards the house , called " Peak House ; " being her home , and that of my uncle Jonathan , and his son Philip .- " Yes , and rub them too , " she added , as I endeavoured to step over a huge ...
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... whilst a novice at the farm . Suffice it to say at present , that Philip and I agreed remarkably well ; and , on the death of the old lady and my uncle , we took the farm together , and have occupied it as partners for several years ...
... whilst a novice at the farm . Suffice it to say at present , that Philip and I agreed remarkably well ; and , on the death of the old lady and my uncle , we took the farm together , and have occupied it as partners for several years ...
Page 70
... whilst another threshes out the seed with a small flail . The hemp is prepared for manufacture by being spread out on the field to dry , so that the weather may separate the fibres ; or else it is steeped some days in stagnant water ...
... whilst another threshes out the seed with a small flail . The hemp is prepared for manufacture by being spread out on the field to dry , so that the weather may separate the fibres ; or else it is steeped some days in stagnant water ...
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... whilst treating of corn . Philip , to whom I have read this part of my performance , has had a very hearty laugh at my expense , and calls me " a farmer not worth a straw ! " Well then , I suppose I must say that the stalks of corn ...
... whilst treating of corn . Philip , to whom I have read this part of my performance , has had a very hearty laugh at my expense , and calls me " a farmer not worth a straw ! " Well then , I suppose I must say that the stalks of corn ...
Page 81
... the value of her pur- chase and food ; whilst the same sum in mo- ney will not generally yield in the public funds a twenty - fifth part of its own amount as interest . G In ancient times , and in other countries , the OXEN . 81.
... the value of her pur- chase and food ; whilst the same sum in mo- ney will not generally yield in the public funds a twenty - fifth part of its own amount as interest . G In ancient times , and in other countries , the OXEN . 81.
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୪ ୪ ୪ Abbot's ancient animals Author balusters barley barn better Brook Field bundles called caraway cattle chiefly Children cloth clover coloured common COMMON WHEAT CORIANDER corn crop cultivated earth Edition employed England farm farmer feet Field FIORIN flax flowers fork Frontispiece Gablesides grain granary grass ground half-bound hand harvest hedge and ditch hemp hide HISTORY hops horses hundred acres Illustrations inclosures ISAAC TAYLOR John Harris kind labour land London machine machine presses manure ment milk mole-catcher morocco nature nearly oats pasture perennial plant performed persons Philip plant plough Price principal produce purpose quantity require roots scarcely season seed sheep shew shining season side soil sometimes sort sown stack stalks STORIES straw teasels things threshing tillage tion Upshire usually vegetable weather wheat whilst WHITE CLOVER winter wood yard young
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